Confession of a News Junkie
Thank you, BBC
Thanks to BBC
I became a news junkie;
At first it wasn’t easy
Up all hours, oh, so busy --
Trolling global news on cable TV.
The CNN lady was the link
That licked and pricked my think;
Featured on the BBC wink by wink
The Mideast reports she spouted so thick --
With bias and tilt making her a fink.
And a fink she was with her news angle
Twirled to one side was her wangle;
But, clued in as I was to BBC bungle
I trolled the world news cycles in a tangle --
Even bugged my Mideast kith to truth-wrangle.
Turning into an addict for truth in news
Converted into a geek to hunt for unbiased views;
Managed to identify news that are biased brews
Sources whose proclaimed objectivity is just a ruse —
No more blinkers for news media that are truth-loose.
Thank you, BBC
I’m still a news junkie
And will always be
Looking through your mendacity
Until your partisanship turns into verity.
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First published here.
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Josephine Crispin
Writer, editor, and storyteller who reinvented herself and worked in the past 10 years in the media intelligence business, she's finally free to write and share her stories, fiction and non-fiction alike without constraints, to the world.
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